Family Medicine; Women's Health in the 21st Century: New Understandings and New Solutions Course

Family Medicine; Women's Health in the 21st Century: New Understandings and New Solutions is organized by Continuing Education, Inc. and will be held from Mar 26 - Apr 02, 2023, at Royal Caribbean's Wonder of the Seas, Port Canaveral, Florida, United States of America.

Program Purpose:
Family Medicine; Women's Health in the 21st Century: New Understandings and New Solutions is organized by Continuing Education, Inc. and will be held from Mar 26 Apr 02, 2023, at Royal Caribbean's Wonder of the Seas, Port Canaveral, Florida, United States of America.

Program Purpose:
Updates in Family Medicine

• Management of Fever in Infants and Children
• Identify the epidemiology of infections causing fever
• Discuss the diagnostic evaluation of fever depending on age while minimizing the risk associated with invasive testing
• Explain the choice of empiric management and treatment

Smoking Cessation Current Options

• Recognize the frontline approach to the prevention and treatment of tobacco use and nicotine dependence
• Summarize the behavioral and pharmacotherapy interventions to affect tobacco smoking cessation
• Discuss the current evidence for the use of electronic nicotine delivery systems for tobacco cessation in adults
• Locate two AAFP resources on smoking cessation available for practicing clinicians and patients
• Ask and Act: a program for tobacco cessation
• Tobacco and Nicotine Cessation Toolkit

Choosing Wisely A Look at a National Dialogue About What Not to Do in Medicine

• Locate the online presence of the Choosing Wisely Campaign
• Explain the genesis of the Choosing Wisely Campaign
• Summarize strategic statements published in the Choosing Wisely Campaign
• Recognize the practical aspects of using the Choosing Wisely Campaign ® in educating patients about quaternary prevention

Immunizations -the ACIP 2023 Update

• Outline 2023 changes to the ACIP recommended immunization schedules
• Advise patients with a history of an adverse event following immunization on the recommendation for reimmunization
• Develop strategies to address parental concerns and other barriers to immunization administration in children and adolescents
• Consider strategies to improve vaccination coverage among groups impacted by social disparities (i.e., social determinants of health).

Sexually Transmitted Infection Guidelines - 2021 CDC Report.

• Discuss the common clinical presentations for patients experiencing STIs.
• Demonstrate the contemporary use of testing to diagnose STIs and treatment of STIs.
• Review major infections with the identification of appropriate therapy.

Anal Cancer - Screening, Detection, and Prevention

• Summarize the relationship of human papillomavirus infection to anal squamous cell carcinoma.
• Outline a screening protocol for precancerous lesions and high-grade anal intraepithelial neoplasia.
• Discuss interventions to lower the risk of anal cancer.

Transgender Health Care

• Define gender identity.
• Outline steps to implement transgender sensitive care.
• Point out risk areas for patients undergoing hormone therapy and surgical treatment for gender confirmation.
• Identify state and facility laws governing the care of transgender patients, including (but not limited to) legal decision-making and visitation.

HIV Screening and Prevention

• State the 2019 USPSTF recommendations on screening for HIV in the general population.
• Outline the 2021 US Public Health Service clinical practice guidelines on pre-exposure prophylaxis for the prevention of HIV infection.
• Summarize the 2016 guidelines for antiretroviral postexposure prophylaxis after high-risk sexual encounters, injection drug use, or other non-occupational exposure to HIV.
• Develop a strategy for screening patients for eligibility for pre-exposure prophylaxis to prevent HIV infection.

The Integrative Approach to Menopause: Optimizing Healthy Longevity for Menopausal Women.
Why does menopause happen?

• Outline the process of menopause.
• Describe the significance of menopause to all women.
• Recognize the health issues that result from menopause.
• State why menopause matters and why it should be treated.
• Provide an overview of the numerous ways that progesterone and estrogen impact the organ systems of women.

• Menopause and the immune system: An integrative approach.

• Contrast the differences between men and women and their immune systems.
• Outline the many roles of the immune system throughout the body.
• Explain how estrogen modulates the immune system.
• Identify the health outcomes relating to alterations within the immune system during and after the menopause transition.

• Menopause and the cardiovascular system: An integrative approach.

• Contrast the differences between men and women and their cardiovascular systems.
• Outline the many roles played by estrogen throughout the cardiovascular system.
• Explain how estrogen modulates the cardiovascular system via the mitochondria.
• Detail how estrogen modulates the cardiovascular system via the immune system.
• Identify the health outcomes relating to alterations within the immune system during and after the menopause transition.

• Menopause and brain function: An integrative approach.

• Cite the differences between the brains of men and women.
• Summarize the roles of hormones on brain function.
• Examine how estrogen modulates the immune system of the brain.
• Contrast the reasons women experience far more dementia and mood disorders than men.
• Prepare a therapeutic approach to brain health.

• Menopause and female sexuality: An integrative approach.

• Outline the effects of menopause on female sexuality.
• Describe the significance of estrogen to female sexuality.
• Recognize the emotional impacts of sexual changes with menopause.
• Detail the role of oxytocin and female sexuality.
• Develop a therapeutic strategy to revitalize sexual enjoyment and response.

• Menopause and skin and hair vitality: An integrative approach.

• Detail the impact of hormones on skin and hair.
• Outline the effects that menopause has on hair and skin health.
• Explain how estrogen modulates skin and hair structures.
• Develop a therapeutic strategy to maintain and restore healthy skin and hair.

• Menopause and bone health: An integrative approach.

• Outline the effects of menopause on female sexuality.
• Describe the significance of estrogen to female sexuality.
• Recognize the emotional impacts of sexual changes with menopause.
• Detail the role of oxytocin and female sexuality.
• Develop a therapeutic strategy to revitalize sexual enjoyment and response.

• The Best Integrative Approach to Menopause: Including case studies and the ABCs of prescribing hormones.

• Explain the benefits of time restricted eating and fasting for menopausal women.
• Recognize the role of estrogen and the circadian rhythm, and the gut microbiome.
• Detail the impact of dietary choices on the health of menopausal women.
• Learn how targeted nutraceuticals can be utilized to improve patient lives.
• Integrate the data learned into the care of actual patients.
• Acquire the basics of prescribing hormones to your menopausal patients.
• Develop a comprehensive lifestyle approach to optimizing the health of menopausal women.